Federal IDEA laws and regulations, including disproportionality and significant disproportionality.

California special education finance, accountability, governance, and programming.

Specialized services for students with disabilities (e.g., nonpublic schools).

Interagency collaboration (social services, health, mental health).

Federal and California laws and policies protecting BIPOC, queer and religious minorities from institutional bias, harassment and discrimination, with a focus on law enforcement, public K-12 and higher education institutions.

California laws, regulations, and board actions related to LCFF.

Advancing policy changes to promote alignment between IDEA and LCFF improvement planning and activities.

California law and implementation of various leads in the Statewide System of Support (e.g., Special Education Leads, Regional EL Leads, Educator Workforce Investment Grantees).

Evaluation of the early implementation of LCFF with PACE.

California law and policies related to suspensions, expulsions, restraint and seclusion, and the role of law enforcement in schools.

Implementation of restorative justice practices and principles.

Evaluation of districtwide social-emotional learning programs and policies implementation.

California laws and programming related to the Child and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative (e.g., the Office of the Surgeon General’s Safe Spaces trauma informed practices modules for TK-12 educators).

Integrating health and mental health policies and partnership within Community Schools implementation.

Implementation of Multitiered Systems of Support, in partnership with Orange County Department of Education and Butte County Office of Education.

Evaluation of districtwide reform initiatives designed to boost student engagement, academic achievement, college enrollment and persistence among historically marginalized youth (e.g., career pathways, dual enrollment).